It's been over 2 years since the last haul out, so "Escape" is well due for some maintenance. First on the list was replacing the broken window that was ...
Sailing Catamaran Escape
We continue our trip from the Solomon Islands to Australia, having come about half way. We look at breaking the journey at one of Australia remote Coral Sea ...
We leave the Solomon Islands after 8 wonderful months. Our trip of nearly 1000 miles takes us across the Solomon and Coral Seas back to Australia. Crossing ...
After spending some time at Liapari Island, we headed back to Gizo to dive the deep walls of the reefs around Kennedy and Naru Islands. We recount the story ...
After sailing the short distance from Njari Island we arrive at the safe haven of Liapari Island, which is nestled at the southern end of Vella Lavella. ...
We make our way around the shallow islands and reefs of Vona Vona Lagoon from Lola Island into the Diamond Narrows. Passing the large town of Noro in the ...
We set off from Ghizo Island across Ferguson Passage to dive the reefs and a sunken Hellcat Fighter Plane in Vona Vona Lagoon. We also spent several days at ...
We sailed from Tetepare to Ghizo Island, anchoring outside a Resort to witness a pod of Spinner Dolphins near the boat. Sanbis Resort is located on Mbambanga ...
We head to Tetepare Island, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, also known as the Last Wild Island, We speak to one of the Rangers based on ...
After leaving Lumbari Island, through the Renard Entrance we head south to Butterfly Bay to look for a B17 Bomber that had crashed in the jungle.
As we are anchored at Munda we witness a local wedding. We take a look at the Peter Joseph Memorial Museum, then sail to Rendova Island to visit the base used ...
We leave Marova Lagoon and head for Munda. We visit an ex crocodile exporter who keeps 2 crocodiles as pets. We talk about the hunting and exporting of ...
Leaving Peava we enter Marova Lagoon through the Mobili Passage. Marova Lagoon is the largest double barrier reef saltwater lagoon in the world. We visit two ...
After dropping off our dive guide, Johnny and over 800 metres of rope that we found at Yandina we set sail overnight for the Western Province for Peava. After ...
After diving Mary Island we head back to the mainland of the Russell Islands for more shelter befoe heading for Leru Island to do one of the Solomon Islands ...
We head for Mane Island in the western Russell Islands, take the landowner with us on the dinghy while we dive on the reef wall. After a spot of trading we set ...
We sail from Guadalcanal to explore the Russell Islands. Our first stop is Lolaghan Island where we did a good samaritan deed. We then ventured further north ...
After leaving The Florida Islands, we head back to Honiara to pick up a new crew member. We then set off to dive the Bonegi 1, one of the Japanese transport ...
We visit the former capital of the Solomon Islands, Tulagi. We learn about its colonial history, when it was a British Protectorate. There are still many ...
We visit the school at Roderick Bay, look at the work from a local carver, watch the dancing parrot, take a dip below the waves at Maravagi Resort and sail to ...
In the Solomon Islands we set sail for The Nggelas or Florida Islands as it is also called. After going through Sandfly Passage we arrive to a warm welcome at ...
We leave the resort at Tavanipupu on the southern end of Guadalcanal to sail to the capital of the Solomon Islands, Honiara. On the way we are hit by a strong ...
We set off from Mary Bay on the island of Santa Ana and head for Star Harbour on Makira Province, hoping to get some food and an internet connection. We left ...
We set sail from the island of Santa Cruz after completing the entry formalities of clearing into The Solomon Islands. We had heard about a fascinating group ...